An Emergency Department Nurse Assesses a Client with a History

question 26

Multiple Choice

An emergency department nurse assesses a client with a history of urinary incontinence who presents with extreme dry mouth,constipation,and an inability to void.Which question should the nurse ask first?

• A) "Are you drinking plenty of water?"
• B) "What medications are you taking?"
• C) "Have you tried laxatives or enemas?"
• D) "Has this type of thing ever happened before?"

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Definitions:

Marginal Benefit

The additional satisfaction or value a consumer gains from consuming one more unit of a good or service.

Purely Competitive

Describes a market structure where many small firms compete against each other, with no single entity able to control the market price.

Marginal Cost

The cost of producing one additional unit of a good, capturing how production costs change with the level of output.

Efficiently Allocated

A state where resources are distributed in a manner that maximizes the net benefits to society.